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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Fungus Weevils (Anthribidae) » Choraginae » Choragini » Pseudochoragus

Genus Pseudochoragus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Pseudochoragus nitens (LeConte) - Pseudochoragus nitens Pseudochoragus nitens (LeConte) - Pseudochoragus nitens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Anthribidae (Fungus Weevils)
Subfamily Choraginae
Tribe Choragini
Genus Pseudochoragus
Explanation of Names
Pseudochoragus Petri 1912
Numbers
A single species in our area(1)
Size
at 0.7-1.3 mm, one of our smallest species(1)
Identification
our only choragine with 10 (rarely 9) antennomeres(1)
Range
Holarctic genus; in our area, known only from MA & OK(1)
Habitat
found in OK by beating dead branches of hickory(1)
Works Cited
1.A review of Nearctic and some related Anthribidae (Coleoptera)
Valentine B.D. 1998. Insecta Mundi 12: 251‒296.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 November, 2011 - 4:10pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 January, 2013 - 4:12pm

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